...because sometimes that soy chai latte receipt from 2008 is all that's convenient

Monday, April 11, 2011

Your Makeshift Bookmarks (1)

Once upon a time not too long ago, Jamie from The Perpetual Page Turner said to me "I enjoy your blog name, because I use all kinds of crazy crap for my bookmarks. You should totally have a feature where people can show off the random stuff they use!" (Or something along those lines.) Thus it was born. I contemplated the idea of doing a post where I showed off the stuff I used, but Jamie is awesome and suggested making it a meme.

Since Jamie is the one to credit for this, I thought I'd ask her to debut the feature.

And Jami...my grossest makeshift bookmark = my fingernail. I was at the beach and literally had NOTHING with me and didn't want to dogear the book because it wasn't mine...so I bit off my fingernail and used it...but promptly found something else so I could remove the fingernail.

This sounds like great fun -- however, I'm probably not a candidate -- I have "real" bookmarks ALL OVER. On every table and desk in my house, in my purse, in my book bag, and on my bedside table. I love book marks, and am somewhat of a collector -- but I use them all. I could participate by showing you some of the really OLD ones I use, and also ones that I've found in books that have been returned to the library -- yeah! That will be fun...

And Jen - I love this idea, because all of my books have radom things in them. I found a lottery ticket in one that I had put down a few weeks ago and I had won a free ticket when I finally checked it! :)

I also just use whatever is around. I am checking books out the library a lot right now so the receipts from that is what it mainly is right now. I have a small drawing one of my sisters doodled when she was bored and I love her so much that I just switch that between books that I own. I used airline ticket stubs and theater tickets a lot. I like to leave the random bookmark in the book (if it is a book I own) so that the next time I pick it up to read it, I will remember the experiences of the first time and what was going on in my life at that time.